Example sentences of "the first [noun] yesterday [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Leeds United3 , Chelsea0 LEEDS returned to the top of the First Division yesterday with a sudden scoring explosion that masked a deeply unconvincing performance .
2 ANDRE AGASSI , the second seed , was knocked out of the Hong Kong Open in the first round yesterday by Haiti 's Ronald Agenor .
3 TWO North-East councillors came face to face in court for the first time yesterday over allegations that they assaulted each other .
4 TAGGART star Mark McManus talked for the first time yesterday about a heartbreak series of family tragedies .
5 SHOOTING victim Jason Ward spoke for the first time yesterday about his week-long ordeal after suffering serious gunshot wounds .
6 MIA Farrow 's adopted daughter spoke for the first time yesterday of her ‘ wonderful ’ affair with Woody Allen .
7 THE chairman of the Russian parliament , Ruslan Khasbulatov , called openly for the first time yesterday for Boris Yeltsin 's impeachment after the Constitutional Court had ruled that the president had acted in contravention of the constitution .
8 THE LABOUR PARTY took the first step yesterday towards diminishing the power of the trade unions in its policy-making procedures .
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